Stars in the entertainment industry are very important, but works are more important. As long as there are good works, stars will continue to be launched. Even if Adais leaves Shengtang, Liu Lang will have the confidence to launch other people to become stars again.
Of course, Liu Lang now feels that Shengtang Company is a bit too showy. As the saying goes, anything good in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. Americans can also engage in conspiracy and conspiracy. Even if Shengtang Company is reasonable and legal, it cannot prevent other companies from taking advantage of it.
, so Liu Lang asked Lin Guodong to contact Marvel and Disney privately to discuss cooperation, such as becoming shareholders of each other's companies, and even using each other's animated images. This also paved the way for Liu Lang's future acquisition of Marvel, and even
It's up to Disney to make the next move.
The movie "Die Hard" had a box office of over 40 million US dollars within one month of its release, becoming the first movie in 1988 to have a first-month box office of over 40 million US dollars. It was also the movie with the highest first-month box office in two years.
The second place is "Pulp Fiction". Obviously, there is no problem for this movie to exceed 100 million, and it is also a high probability to exceed 200 million.
In 1987, Hollywood was dominated by Sheng Tang Company. Many people thought that Sheng Tang would enter a stable period in 1988, but they did not expect that they would have a good start at the beginning of the year.
And this is just the beginning. In April, when the box office of "Die Hard" exceeded 70 million US dollars, Shengtang Film Company once again released a big news. Shengtang Film Company completed the production of a feature-length animated film "Die Hard".
"Toy Story", this movie is the first movie in history to be completely produced with computer special effects.
In 1988, computer special effects were still a method of film production that was not well known by most people. Ten years ago, Lucas directed Star Wars. This film brought film special effects technology to the extreme and became a global hit at the box office, exceeding 700 million.
Dollars has become the highest-grossing movie to date. At that time, many people felt that the spring of special effects had arrived.
But at that time, movie special effects were only limited to model shooting. The essence was to use advanced camera equipment and shooting techniques to shoot with models. This process required a lot of machinery and manpower. When Lucas was filming Star Wars, he only
It took more than 300 people to make the model, and it took three years of preparation to complete.
Therefore, the cost of the first Star Wars movie reached a record high of 10 million U.S. dollars. You must remember that this was in 1977. Such a high investment almost caused the production company to withdraw funds halfway.
In 1983, Lucas produced the second Star Wars. The box office of this movie was also good, exceeding 300 million U.S. dollars, and the cost reached 15 million U.S. dollars, but it was far inferior to the first one.
, and according to subsequent statistics, most of the 300 million box office were from Star Wars fans, and their support accounted for nearly 200 million in the box office. What does this mean? It shows that the influence of the second Star Wars movie has been greatly
It's not as good as the first one. Compared with the first movie, it's basically a failure.
The sharp decline in the box office of the second Star Wars movie has poured cold water on many movie companies, indicating that movie special effects are not omnipotent, and are even a double-edged sword. If used well, they can be invincible, but if used poorly, they may be invincible.
Cutting off your own limbs is too expensive after all.
This is also the reason why Lucas's Industrial Light and Magic has been unable to turn a profit after five or six years of establishment, and it is also the reason why Liu Lang got a big advantage.
Industrial Light & Magic disappeared after being acquired by Liu Lang, and no one outside paid attention. Perhaps in the eyes of many people, the glory days of Industrial Light & Magic have passed. With the rise of Shengtang Company, more people just think that
Lucas is really lucky to have landed in such a company with huge potential.
Now, Shengtang Company has announced the birth of the first animated film in film history that is entirely produced with computer special effects. How is this seventy-seven-minute animated film different from the past? This is also something that many people are puzzled by.
Of course, Shengtang Company released its first promotional video half a month ago. Millions of people saw this animation clip that could be recorded in history for the first time. Their feeling was... This feeling,
The only way to describe it is shocking.
Shengtang Company's Transformers cartoon series has aired more than 70 episodes since the beginning of 1987, basically one episode per week, and one episode lasts about fifteen minutes. This kind of traditional cartoons, Disney
This kind of traditional cartoon.
For such a cartoon, the designer first draws a story sketch similar to a comic strip, then one designer is only responsible for a fixed character or other characters, and then the illustrations are produced in the middle, that is, the plot is drawn.
The animator creates an intermediate picture, then interpolates the connected pictures that draw the character's movements, and adds interpolated continuous action pictures between the original pictures. This process must comply with the specified action time, so that it can show close to natural movements.
.
The last step is post-synthesis. Of course, the action of the picture must match the music, so the sound recording has to be done before animation production.
After the recording is completed, the animator must accurately decompose the recorded sound into the position of each picture, that is, at what second does the speech begin, how long does the speech last, etc., and finally all dubbing or sound effects must be decomposed into the position of each picture.
The bar chart corresponding to the sound makes the entire animation sound perfect.
Traditional cartoon drawings are drawn on paper, which are so-called two-dimensional graphics, but "Toy Story" is not two-dimensional, but three-dimensional modeling.
First of all, every character, every set, and every prop in "Toy Story" was designed by the art department and then handed over to the modeling team. They made more than 400 three-dimensional models of these character sets and props. For those
Models that can change their appearance, such as movable limbs
For characters that have a body and change facial expressions, or things that are inanimate but can be bent or twisted, the modeler needs to equip the model with motion controllers, called "joints". Both Woody and Buzz have more than 700 "joints" on their bodies.
", there are sixty on Woody's expressive mouth alone.
The production of each shot goes through eight processes. The art department is responsible for the color scheme and overall lighting effect of a shot. The framing team is responsible for positioning the model, thinking about the frame of the shot, stipulating the position of the camera, and arranging each camera.
In order to achieve the realistic effect of live-action movies, the team even imitated the unique lenses of live-action movies, such as the ring lens, which was used to shoot the scene where Woody was surrounded by toys and accused him.
After framing, the lens enters the animation production department. This is an animation work that includes 1561 shots and is 77 minutes long. All animators are assigned tasks according to the shot and are then responsible for the shot (usually a shot of 3-7 seconds).
All animation effects in the clip).
For example, there is a group of plastic green soldiers in the film. Each soldier's legs are fixed on a base. In order to better show their movements, an animator nailed a pair of sneakers to a board and wore them.
It practices this way of walking. When doing a shot, animators often start with the character's body movement before moving on to facial expressions, forcing them to practice conveying the right emotion through body language alone.
In addition, Industrial Light and Magic pays special attention to the production of eyes, because nothing can compare with the vitality that eyes bring to a toy, the angle of a blink, or the way the pupils turn in the eye socket when a character tries to peek at something.
Location, these are more realistic than other factors.
Then came the coloring. The team created a total of 1,300 textures, from the hardwood floor to Andy's hair. The lighting team was responsible for the light processing of the lens, such as setting the tone of the lens, reflecting time, and guiding the audience's sight.
To highlight the emotions and personality of the character, there are also some special light processing methods, such as lighting without shadows, lighting but only lighting the target object in front of you, lighting "dark" instead of "bright", etc.
Finally, we have to enter the rendering process. Seventy-two Wanan Microsystem computers work 24 hours a day, and it takes between forty-five minutes and ten hours to complete the rendering of one picture.
Overall, animation production is progressing steadily at a rate of completing five minutes of footage a week.